Speaker: Lindsay Barton

Lindsay Barton is Assistant Director for Policy, Planning, and Analysis in the Library & Technology Services department at Brandeis University. In that role, she manages projects in the areas of planning, policy, and outreach (ranging from the migration to Google Apps to the overhaul of the LTS website), leads and supports data-driven decision making, and improves user experience as often as possible. She would much rather spend a Friday night playing with InDesign or learning jQuery than out at the club.


Speaker: James Milam

James Milam has eight years of interactive design experience, specifically within the field of IT. For the last six years he has been Senior Designer for the Center for Media and Instructional Innovation at Yale University, with responsibilities that include not only design, but functional requirements collection, user experience research, and project management.

Speaker: Melanie St. James

Melanie is manager of Design & Usability Services in the Educational and Scholarly Technology Services group (ESTS) at Tufts University. She has been at Tufts for over 10 years, where she has been transforming the web development culture to integrate user experience (UX) best practices. Melanie is currently partnering with colleagues from across the university to formalize a set of Tufts User Experience Guidelines. The guidelines will include design, usability, accessibility and front-end development standards.

Melanie has presented at the Nercomp Annual Conference and SIGs on a variety of topics, including design, usability, collaboration tools, and using images in education. Melanie holds a Master’s Degree in Technology, Innovation and Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE).